Bill-holder.



No. 804,445. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905. A. J. TIOE.

BILL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2,1905.

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To all whom it flea/y concern: v

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. T1012, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lisbon,

in the county of (Jolumbiana'and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is customary among mercantile establishments, particularly retailhouses, for each salesman to make out original and duplicate bills foreach sale, the original being retained by the house and the duplicateplaced with the goods and given to the purchaser. This method ofhandling the duplicate bills or slips does not insure the preservationthereof by the purchaser, and they also frequently become lost beforereaching the purchaser.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved form ofbill or loose-leaf holder which may be kept by the purchaser and whichis constructed to contain the bills in their proper sequence, wherebythe owner of the bill-holder may readily ascertain the condition of hisaccount without recourse to the books of the mercantile establishment.

It is furthermore proposed to so construct the bill-holder as to enablethe convenient placing of the bills or loose slips therein, to maintainthe last bill in a position to be readily referred to, and to enable theconvenient remogal of the bills when the account has been pal A stillfurther object of the invention is to prevent displacement of the billsfrom the holder andto avoid rumpling and injuring the bills when theholder is carried in a pocket of the clothing or a satchel and the like.

Another object of the invention is to enable the employment of thedevice as an advertising medium in addition to its capacity as abill-holder.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypoint ed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the presentbill-holder with the front or cover open to expose the last of theseries of bills. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed February 2, 1905. Serial No. 243,901.

opening the front or cover.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

holder closed. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view on the line 00 a of Fig.2.

Like characters of reference designate cor responding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings.

The present holder includes a back or body B and a front or cover A. Theback or body B is in the nature of a flat plate of any suitable stifimaterial and of any approved dimensions, said back or body beingsurrounded by a marginal flange H, which extends entirely around thebody and produces a shallow tray or case. The front or cover A is of asize to fit easily within the flange H of the body or case and isprovided upon opposite edges midway of its ends with segmental ears orprojections F and F, which project beyond the flange H and constitutefinger-pieces for To accommodate these finger-pieces, the flange H andthe back of the body B are cut away, as indicated at E and E, in orderthat the finger-pieces or projections may lie in the openings producedin the flange and be exposed by the openings or notches formed in theback of the body to permit of a finger being engaged With the undersideof either finger-piece to swing the lid or cover to either side of theback or body.

The'front or cover A is hinged to the back or body by means of pairs oftapes or straps O and D disposed between said front and back. The strapsor tapes C have corresponding ends suitably connected to one edgeportion of the back and their other ends connected to the opposite edgeportion of the front or cover, while the straps or tapes D are arrangedreversely with respect to the straps C. By this arrangement the front orcover A may be swung to either side of the back or body, and in eitherposition of the front or cover there will be a pair of straps lyingacross the open side of the back or body.

In practice the salesman makes out an origi nal and a duplicate bill inthe usual manner upon any approved form of transfer-pad having a carbonelement for producing a duplicate bill. The original bill is first tornoff and retained by the house, the duplicate bill being placed in thebill-holder and handed to the customer. To place the bill in thebillholder, the front or cover A is swung to the left and the bill isplaced in the body or case across the straps C, whereupon the front orcover is closed and then swung over to the right-hand side of the caseor body, which operation draws the straps C from beneath IIO the billand folds the strap D across the front of the bill. When the front orcover is closed, the two sets of straps lie across the bill in the caseor body, and one set of straps always extends across the bill to holdthe same in the body or case when the front or cover is open at eitherside of the body.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the presentbill-holder is designed to be retained by the purchaser, who can readilyascertain the condition of his account by referring to the uppermostbill in the holder, it of course being necessary for the purchaser tocarry the holder with him forthe reception of the bills wheneverpurchases are made. By providing the back or body B in the nature of atray or receptacle iedgewise displacement of the bills from the holderis prevented, and as the front or cover A normally rests flat againstthe uppermost bill the series of bills is maintained in a flat snugcondition within the body or case, and are thereby prevented frombecoming rumpled and damaged by handling of the case and when the latteris carried in a pocket of the clothing, satchel, or the like.

In addition to serving as a holder for bills or other loose leaves, thepresent device may serve as an advertising medium by placingadvertisements upon the rear exposed face of the body and upon theopposite faces of the front or cover A.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A holder forloose leaves comprising a back having a peripheral flange extendingentirely around the same, the opposite edges of the back being providedwith finger notches which also intersect the flanges intermediate of theends of the back, a front or cover of a size to fit within the flangedportion of the back and provided at its opposite edges with projectingfinger-pieces to lie Within the respective notched portions of theflange and be exposed by the notched portions of the back or body, andtwo pairs of straps, one pair of straps having corresponding endsconnected to the front of the body adjacent one edge thereof with theirother ends connected to the cover adjacent its opposite edge, and theother pair of straps having corresponding ends connected to the oppositeside of the body with their other corresponding ends connected to theopposite edge of the cover.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREWV J. TIOE.

Witnesses:

GEO. R. GYGER, J. W. STINE.

